Battery disposal
Information on battery disposal
In connection with the sale of batteries or the delivery of devices containing batteries, we are obliged to inform you of the following: As the end user, you are legally obliged to return used batteries. You can return used batteries, which we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range, free of charge to our dispatch warehouse (dispatch address). The symbols shown on the batteries have the following meaning:
The crossed-out wheeled garbage can symbol means that the battery
must not be disposed of with household waste.

Cd = battery contains more than 0.002% cadmium by mass.
Pb = Battery contains more than 0.004% lead by mass.
Hg = Battery contains more than 0.0005% mercury by mass.

Special features of the sale of starter batteries
In connection with the sale of vehicle batteries, we are obliged, if you are a final consumer in accordance with § 10 BattG, to charge a deposit of 7.50 euros including VAT per vehicle battery if you do not return an old vehicle battery at the time of purchase of a new vehicle battery. The deposit is not included in the purchase price and is shown next to the final price on the item. If you return an old vehicle battery to us which we carry or have carried in our range as a new battery in accordance with § 9 BattG, we are obliged to take it back free of charge within the framework of the statutory provisions and to refund the deposit amount. If we have issued a deposit stamp in accordance with Section 10 (1) sentence 3 BattG, the refund of the deposit when returning the old vehicle battery is dependent on the return of the deposit stamp.
The return location is the address listed in the legal notice.
Due to the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, it is not permitted to return the old battery by post. Alternatively, used vehicle batteries can also be returned free of charge to reusable materials and recycling centers.
The deposit we charge is not refunded by the public reusable materials and recycling centers. However, you have the option of having the return of the used vehicle battery acknowledged on the deposit stamp. You will receive the battery deposit back from us on presentation of the receipted deposit stamp.